Emergency medical alarms and wanderer control applications drive the growth of nurse call systems market

Emergency Medical Alarms

Emergency medical alarm devices are essential for providing safe care in critical care settings, including emergency rooms, intensive care units, and critical care units. Medical alarms when used properly, provide crucial information to clinicians which can be used to make diagnostic and treatment decisions. Various devices that help in triggering medical alarms include pendants worn around the neck, small devices worn on the belt, wristbands, installed motion detectors, radar-based detectors in a room, and smart phones. Personal emergency response systems and ambulatory auto alert systems are some types of emergency medical alarms used in healthcare facilities. The purpose of these systems is not only to secure vulnerable individuals, such as senior citizen, in case of medical emergencies such as heart attacks, sudden falls, and memory loss due to dementia and Alzheimer’s but also to help senior living facilities and assisted living facilities take appropriate and timely measures in case of medical emergencies.

Wanderer Control

Wanderer control solutions monitor the movement of residents under observation; if a resident moves into a restricted area or moves outside a specified safe area while wearing a wireless tag, a door controller detects the tag and sends a wireless signal to PC systems. Post this, an alarm is displayed on the PC system, remote event monitors, and master stations. Depending upon the configuration of these solutions, PC systems and remote event monitors can also display the resident’s name, photo, and other custom information. Wanderer control gives residents the freedom to move within a facility, while preventing them from entering into restricted areas. In a facility, each exit can be monitored based on security needs, traffic, and resident population. Using wanderer control solutions, end user facilities can monitor residents, signal alerts automatically, and eliminate wandering as doors get locked automatically before patients wander off.